Outdoor Education Minor
The outdoor education minor provides a series of challenging outdoor experiences that develop personal skills in outdoor adventure activities, prepares you to teach these activities and develops the leadership skills to work with groups in outdoor adventure programs. You'll learn wilderness backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, winter camping, cross-country and downhill skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, high ropes challenge courses, group initiative challenge activities and orienteering.
Program Requirements
Required Minor Courses 14.5 cr.
- PED 201 Outdoor Ed Summer Concepts and Skills (F) 3 cr.
- PED 202 Outdoor Ed Winter Concepts and Skills (Sp) 3 cr.
- PED 275 Leadership in School-Based Adventure Education (Sp) 3 cr.
- PED 301 Foundation of Outdoor Leadership (F) 3 cr.
- PED 371 Outdoor Education Practicum (F/Sp/Jterm/Summer) 2 cr.
- SFED 200 First Aid, CPR, AED Certification .5 cr.
Electives: Choose 9 credits from the following:
- BIOL 210 General Botany (F/Sp) 3 cr.
- ESM 151 Intro to Land Use Theory & Practice (F/Sp) 3 cr.
- ESM 300 Environmental Education (F/Sp) 3 cr.
- EXSS 450 Sport, Fitness and Rec. Management (F/Sp) 3 cr.
- GEOG 110 Physical Environment: Patterns & Systems (F/Sp) 3 cr.
- GEOG 212 Weather & Climate (F, alternate years) 3 cr.
- GEOL 101 Introduction to Geology (F/Sp) 4 cr.
- GEOL 269 Environmental Geology (F) 3 cr.
- PE 118 Scuba (F/Sp) .5 cr.
- PE 132 Scuba II (F/Sp) .5 cr.
Prereq: PE 118 - PED 105 Backpacking/Wilderness Awareness (SS) 1 cr.
- PED 106 Canoeing (SS) 1 cr.
- PED 109 Recreational Climbing (F/Sp) 1 cr.
- PED 300 Adapted Physical Education (F) 3 cr.
Total Credits: 23.5
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